Final Preparations

Chapter 74 Final Preparations

Academy Wars!

This so-called academy war, though merely a small game played by those high-ranking tower masters (Saint Mark Wizards) to select qualified elite wizard apprentices, did not allow Green, as a pawn in the game, to be careless.

Although this little game is generally aimed at the large number of wizarding apprentices in District 19, while the "qualified elite" wizarding apprentices in District 12 act as judges, selectors, and sparring partners like executioners, in previous years, one to two out of ten wizarding apprentices would still die in the enemy's attacks.

Furthermore, according to Senior Sister Youquan's description, if the early battles go too smoothly, some internal conflicts within District Twelve will erupt.

(He wanted to live a peaceful life of retirement and researching witchcraft, but only by becoming a formal wizard could he achieve that, like the Grand Duke of Zerato Harbor.)

Green walked towards his cabin and began to think about his next steps.

Plans can't keep up with changes. Green had planned to quietly focus on improving himself during the final decade or so of the Santa Qualifying Tournament, but now this has happened.

In that case...

First, I need to arrange the remaining two talent slots for my three secret great magic spells immediately.

Talents are chosen based on their practicality and potential for future development. During the few days he spent with Raffi, Green had already made the best choice for these two talents: the rare water rune talent of Bibi Leona and the distorted space talent of Meteorite.

The reason for choosing these two talents is twofold: firstly, both individuals are already in their own academy, making use of what's available locally; secondly, practicality is the deciding factor.

Perhaps due to his high affinity for fire, Green's sensitivity to water was absurdly low. He felt he wouldn't be able to inscribe even the simplest water magic circle into his soul, even in two or three years. This meant he could only look on with envy at the explosive fire spell with its annihilating properties. However, if he possessed Bibiliona's innate talent for water, Green would have a considerable chance of completing the spell before the Holy Tower Trials.

The ability of the Fallen One to distort space is a valuable talent, whether it's for Green to escape and save his life, launch a sneak attack, or even in future wars of exploration and invasion by wizards. It is a talent with extremely high growth potential.

Although at this moment, this talent is far inferior to the fiery body of the Son of the Sun, its future potential far surpasses that of the fiery body.

As for Solem's immortality, as Green's knowledge increased and his research and speculation on that strange talent progressed, he ultimately had to give it up despite his strong desire to obtain it.

The so-called immortality is ultimately only relative to wizards who have not mastered the sealing technique.

If a wizard were to possess sealing magic, perhaps, as the Son of the Sun once said, he would be inferior to an ordinary wizard apprentice. Of course, it is highly unlikely that a wizard apprentice would master sealing magic, as it is a powerful and potentially infinitely potent magic that requires wizards with extremely high intellectual talent to study the balance of time, space, and energy, and would take hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years to learn and research.

Secondly, regarding the matter of not attracting the attention of the Guardians of District 19 during the war.

All of Green's goals must prioritize the Holy Tower Qualifying Battle more than a decade later; this must be clear. Therefore, Green doesn't want to waste his potential for strength improvement during this academy war, which could last for several or even more than a decade. However, the period of mixed poison body tempering is also a time of weakness for Green, so he can only rely on the strength of his team.

After all, even in his weakened state, Green would not be ridiculously weak. He would still have no problem dealing with ordinary wizard apprentices, and at least be on par with Leona (you could also use Raffi as an analogy, as the two are currently evenly matched).

Following his mentor Peranos's advice to keep a low profile, while not avoiding the war and striving to seize the "badge," Green could imagine that the most discreet way for him was to stay by Raffi's side.

There's also Laffey's physical "injuries." While they might not have a significant impact on her combat abilities during this period, psychologically...

With so many conditions in place, Green ultimately decided to maintain a low profile throughout this war. This was partly out of consideration for Raffi and his friends, and partly to ensure the safety and stability of his team, allowing him to steadily improve his experimental research efficiency and capabilities during the operation.

Everything is for the Holy Tower Qualification Battle thirteen years later, and for becoming a Witcher Wizard in the Wizarding World!

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A deserted courtyard.

Wearing a pale mask, Green followed the clues provided by Joris and headed towards the place where Raffi and Bibi Leona had fought before.

Silently, Green, like a ghost walking in the darkness, used his keen senses to detect any lingering scent from Bibiliona's possible injuries. Once Green obtained physical clues like her blood, he could cast three secret spells to replicate her talents.

Ok?

This smell...

That's right! It's Bibi Leona's scent. The hunter nose under the Green mask wouldn't forget this "vicious" smell! Green silently walked towards a corner of the vast wasteland. After passing through a patch of weeds and giant trees, Bibi Leona's scent became clearer and clearer.

Boom! Boom!

Two magical fluctuations ahead caught Green's attention, because the direction of these fluctuations was exactly the direction from which he had smelled Bibi Leona's scent! Green's face turned cold. If these two destroyed the remaining physical clues about Bibi Leona, Green didn't know how much more effort it would take to obtain them again.

Thinking this, as a formula for calculating the forces of repulsion and attraction flowed through his mind, Green's feet left the ground, and he silently soared into the sky. His body burst into flames, like a small sun hanging in the air, violently radiating seemingly endless light and heat, like a fiery meteor rushing towards the two magical fluctuations.

A wave of heat swept across the sky!

The sudden burst of such astonishing power in the distant sky naturally caused the two wizard apprentices, whose magical attack fluctuations were only around 60-80 degrees, to stop in shock. They looked towards the distant sky in astonishment, and one of the wizard apprentices couldn't help but shrink his pupils and exclaim in surprise, "The seventh ranked master among the top ten..."

However, as the Pale Mask appeared, the man immediately changed his tune, saying, "The Pale Mask on the kill list, Grin!"

The so-called kill list was a document jointly created by the four leaders of the four major organizations among the top ten wizard apprentices, with the aim of getting all the top wizard apprentices to join the four major organizations. However, many of the other top ten experts did not accept it, and the Bloodsail Alliance even began to resist this document, which was detrimental to the Bloodsail Alliance's development.

Green ignored the two men and walked between them with overwhelming force, without even glancing at them.

Not far from the two, on a giant tree that had been cut in half, Green gently sniffed the large patches of dried blood and excitedly began to collect them. He then left the desolate courtyard and flew towards his own cabin.

Only after Green had completely left did the two wizard apprentices who had just been fighting in the desolate courtyard begin to catch their breath, drenched in cold sweat.

Those who make it onto the kill list are indeed monsters among wizard apprentices!

Moreover, it's said that the guy who just passed by was a monster among monsters! He was just a freshman who had only been in the wizarding academy for a few years, while the two of them were old guys who had been there for more than four years.

Unbeknownst to them, the two enemies, who were originally destined to fight in the desolate courtyard, lost all will to continue fighting. After glaring at each other fiercely, they each flew away in different directions.

A day later, the courtyard was still deserted.

"Pale Mask Grin! Good! You win this time! See you in the Holy Tower Qualifying Battle thirteen years from now!" The voice of Yun Li came from afar, and then disappeared after another spatial distortion.

Green smiled, and his arm, which had stretched out three or four meters and resembled a boneless tentacle, slowly retracted, returning to its original shape. At the same time, Green carefully collected the bloodstains on the Sound Tail Bone Dagger in his hand.

Green challenged Yunli to a duel, and Yunli accepted almost without hesitation; the outcome was predictable. While Yunli had made considerable progress, it was no longer on the same level as Green's enormous leap. Although Green wasn't yet on the top ten list, he now possessed the strength to fight on equal footing, at least capable of contending with masters ranked fifth to tenth.

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Twenty days later.

Green has thoroughly analyzed Bibi Leona's talent. The effect of this rare water-attribute rune is evaporation. The reason why the enemies who were illuminated by Bibi Leona's golden pupils all appeared to be in a withered state is precisely the effect of this rare water element rune with the evaporation attribute.

By merging his body with this rare water elemental rune, Green seems to have significantly improved his affinity and perception of the water element, at least enough to support his research into explosive fire magic.

Yunli's talent for distorting space seems to stem from his physical constitution, similar to the "Body of Rebirth from Fire," which can only be explained by the unique structure of his life form. This talent seems to have a wondrous enhancement and application in terms of the transfer of spatial resistance, as well as the traversal, folding, distortion, and compression of space.

In Green's physical perception, the space of the length, width, and height of the three bodies seemed to him as a piece of paper. With just a simple fold, two points on the paper could be made to coincide, thereby achieving spatial distortion and teleportation.

What Green needs is extensive application and training. As he becomes more and more accustomed to this space-distorting body, Green will be able to explore more and more of his spatial power. Only after he comes into contact with certain spatial knowledge in the future will he be able to apply it freely.

Seven days later, on the last day of the month-long war preparation phase, at the Green Laboratory.

"Haha, finally, finally... this magic wand! This commemorative magic wand! It's finally finished! I'm going to name it the Grimm Holy Fire Elemental Grand Staff! Uh... um, add '1.0 Simplified Version' to the end. Yes, it'll be called the Grimm Holy Fire Elemental Grand Staff 1.0 Simplified Version!"

This magic wand looks nice, but internally it's an insult to alchemy.

Other elemental magic is not affected, but the magic consumption of fire elemental spells below 300 degrees is reduced by 3.5%, and the power of fire elemental spells is increased by 1%. Moreover, all of this is thanks to that precious fire crystal, the treasure that the Sun Child mentor, the Undying Fire Soul, gave to Grin in the interrogation room as compensation.

If the Undying Fire Soul knew that Grimm had created such a thing from fire crystal, some very cruel things might happen.

However, although Grimm wasted a precious magical material, it had significant epoch-making importance for Grimm himself.

This is the first "magical artifact" that Grimm has successfully created after years of consuming a large amount of alchemical materials!

This timeframe is far ahead of that of ordinary wizard apprentices who study alchemy.

(End of this chapter)